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Programa de eventos anunciado no aniversário do boicote aos ônibus de Bristol visa inspirar um manifesto social para a cidade • Bristol tem sido há muito tempo uma cidade de ativistas dispostos a trabalhar por mudanças, desde os seguidores de John Wesley no século XVIII até os cidadãos do século XXI que derrubaram a estátua do traficante de escravos Edward Colston. • Na quarta-feira, foi lançada uma nova campanha – no aniversário do início do pioneiro boicote aos ônibus de Bristol em 1963 – com o objetivo de tornar a cidade a capital dos direitos civis do Reino Unido. Continue lendo...

Shooting reveals how political violence has become feature of American life on a night dedicated to press freedomAhead of this year’s White House correspondents’ dinner, conversations centered on the role of the media and freedom of the press as journalists prepared to dine with the president.Instead of a speech stacked with heated barbs against the media, the event ended like many in the US do: with gun violence. Continue reading...

Licensed school teacher and one-time police officer among those participating in riot-style gatherings as experts warn of threat to public safetyA network of militant neo-Nazi active clubs from around the US has been participating in riot-style combat events with other white nationalist groups in Virginia as part of what their founder called a “tip-off point for a fascist cultural revolution”.Social media posts and group chats show members of so-called active clubs from Texas, Tennessee and Pennsylvania have in recent weeks and months travelled to Lynchburg, Virginia to train together at a secretive compound. The compound is run by the Wolves of Vinland, which the civil rights watchdog the Southern Poverty Law Center identifies as a neopagan white nationalist hate group. Also present were members of the white supremacist hate group Patriot Front and the neo-Nazi skinhead group known as the Hammerskins. Continue reading...